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Down with Templetown: The Understanding and Classification of American Studentification

Koontz, Gage
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1629066694417668

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2021, BA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Geography.
The scope of Studentification literature in an American context is minuscule compared to its global counterparts. Researchers in the United Kingdom, Australia and even China have studied this concept in depth, but seldom in the United States. Plagued by falling under the umbrella term of gentrification, studentification shares a similar long-term process but experiences a vastly different outcome and target demographic. This thesis aims to both distinguish studentification apart from gentrification and provide a concrete methodology identifying the process of studentification in an American context. By combining urban geography concepts and Dr. Mark Gottdiener’s theory of the Sociospatial Approach for gentrification, a newly designed framework for studentification was created that could be compared to real world instances. To do so, we used Cecil B. Moore, a neighborhood of downtown Philadelphia adjacent to Temple University as our case study site. Through a means of collecting relevant geospatial data and formulating GIS maps, we created a final Getis-Ord GI* hotspot map of studentification likelihood in Cecil B. Moore. The results suggest that studentification is most intense within three blocks of the Temple Campus, and greatly dissipates within the neighborhood each block moving west until little change has been seen in the last 20 years. Studentification significantly impacts the need for public services, affordable housing, petty crime and decreasing green space. As a result, it is necessary to acknowledge studentification and find alternative solutions using urban geography concepts to tackle this emerging problem in American cities.
David Kaplan (Advisor)
Alison Smith (Committee Member)
Richard Adams (Committee Member)
Aimee Ward (Committee Member)
76 p.
Geography
Studentification, ArcGIS, Getis-Ord GI*, Hot Spot Analysis, Gentrification, Urban Geography, Geography, Gottdiener, Sociospatial Approach

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  • Koontz, G. (2021). Down with Templetown: The Understanding and Classification of American Studentification [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1629066694417668

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Koontz, Gage. Down with Templetown: The Understanding and Classification of American Studentification . 2021. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1629066694417668.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Koontz, Gage. "Down with Templetown: The Understanding and Classification of American Studentification ." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1629066694417668

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